A deranged dad beat his girlfriend so savagely in a vicious 30 minute attack that the indent of his sovereign ring was left on her face .

HIDDEN in the middle of the Mojave Desert, a secret oasis awaits intrepid travellers .

Have you ever wanted to emulate the Duchess of Cambridge's style? Well, now there's an app for that .

Most people have an angel at the top of their Christmas tree, but one bear at Chester Zoo decided he wanted to be the star of the show .

Meet the real life anime girl who looks like a living cartoon character despite never going under the knife .

A world's first restaurant has opened in Canada, where having your order fall on deaf ears is a good thing .

A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .

A transgender woman has beaten the bullies after spending £25K on surgery to become a beauty pageant queen .

If you had to scrape the snow off your car this morning or slip-slide your way into work over icy pavements spare a thought for these little critters .

Lying angelically with a range of expressions etched on their tiny faces, little bundles of joy are innocently captured in their first few days in these adorable photographs .

Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .

This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .